All the mtr's to the list you gave go through the IXP for me (using an
orange link). A trace to data.co.ug takes some very interesting path. It
would appear that orange and datanet are peering in France and once I get
into datanet's network, i bounce around some private range IP addresses
before ending up with 100% packet loss.

On 31 January 2013 16:05, Reinier Battenberg <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> As peering is mandatory for ISPs in Uganda, this would be a violation of
> this
> rule by either these ISPs or Datanet
>

Peering is simply a connection between two service providers are provided
for by UCC. What IP addresses the service provider advertises to the IXP is
entirely their choice. Should UCC ask, they are peering. Traffic is being
exchanged, but not for all prefixes they hold. Its really up to the ISP to
choose which IP address prefix they will advertise depending on how they
want to play with their traffic.

That said, the purpose of the IXP is to keep Uganda destined traffic in
Uganda. It is to the detriment (if at all these days of fibre) of the ISP
that does not peer or exchange all its UG traffic locally.

-- 
Mike

Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in a
million chances happen 99% of the time.
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